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Beginning in July 2012, The Joint Commission will require hospitals to improve influenza rates annually and to work toward a national goal of 90% flu vaccination of health care workers.
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Yoga and stretching are effective in treating chronic low back pain.
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Several treatments have been shown to be highly effective in management of premature ejaculation (pEJ), including behavioral therapy, systemic modulation of serotonin, and topical agents.
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CPAP treatment lowered blood pressure and improved metabolic abnormalities in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Scenario: Interpret the ECG shown above, obtained from an older woman on multiple drugs who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and an exacerbation of her chronic heart failure. What is the rhythm? Why so much ST depression? Clinically, what would you do?
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The FDA has approved a new formulation of oxymorphone extended-release tablets that is designed to be crush-resistant in order to reduce the potential for diversion and abuse.
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Interpret the rhythm for the 12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip shown above. The patient was aware of "rapid heart beat" but was hemodynamically stable at the time the tracing was recorded. What is your differential diagnosis? What diagnostic maneuver might help to determine what the rhythm is?
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Eating chocolate may be part of a healthy lifestyle.
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Rivaroxaban, an oral factor XA inhibitor, has been approved for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The drug joins dabigatran (Pradaxa) as the second "nonwarfarin" oral anticoagulant approved for this indication.
